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A symbol is a atomic identifier.
It is denoted with a ' followed by a word.
For example, 'foo is a symbol.
You can create symbol at runtime from a string.
If s has the value "abc",
then '$s evalues to 'abc.
A package system as in Common Lisp has been largely implemented, but isn't really used yet.
A character object is actually a kind of symbol
that is interned in the alphabet package. (Needs fixing!)
There are no character literals.
Use an expression such as ("A"0) instead.